Shoaib Akhtar Hails Himself As The 'Don Of Cricket', The Internet Brings Him Back To Earth
Too much of self praise it seems.
Shoaib Akhtar has been one of the fastest and fiercest bowlers in world cricket. But his post on social media on where he called himself 'don of cricket' has not been well received,
Akhtar took to Twitter to take a potshot at the batsmen who have been victims of his lethal bowling posting "Don of cricket as they called me but never enjoyed hurting people, but I must say when I was out there I just ran in for the love of my country & for the people around the world."
Don of cricket as they called me but never enjoyed hurting people but I must say when I was out there I just ran in for the love of my country & for the people around the world .. pic.twitter.com/be84Y2yYl5
¡ª Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 7, 2018
People on Twitter immediately reminded the Pakistan bowler that he was taken to the cleaners by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar during his 75-ball 98 run knock at the 2003 World Cup match in South Africa which India won by six wickets.
How can you forget this gem from @sachin_rt !!
¡ª Gautam (@TheMystic19) October 7, 2018
Smashing you my friend.
You were also winning asia cup this time..? pic.twitter.com/jyFgga9EXc
This is not T20 match.
¡ª ?????? (@saranya01998) October 7, 2018
Credit goes to @sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/XQ2BufCC65
Ye 'don of cricket' ka taufa aapne khud ko diya h?
¡ª ADITYA? (@StarkAditya) October 7, 2018
You remember our sehwag Sachin hitting boundaries in your bowling
¡ª Dileep Kumar (@DileepKumar_44) October 8, 2018
Never heard anyone calling Shoaib Akhtar "Don of Cricket" until I heard it from Shoaib Akhtar himself here.
¡ª attentionmagnet (@attentionmagnet) October 8, 2018
You didn't included pic of your great bowling which Sachin hitting you for massive six above point boundary 2003 world cup
¡ª Jain Nitesh Kothari (@NiteshNavkar) October 7, 2018
Do you remember the six of world cup 2003 ?
¡ª Jalindhar Chavan (@Jalindhar_Srt) October 7, 2018
Master blaster @sachin_rt was there to hit it out of the ground ???
Delivery that made cricket fans love the fats&furious Shoaib Akhtar more? pic.twitter.com/YmmX0doqQ5
¡ª ????????? ?? (@tweets_24x7) October 7, 2018
See this man pic.twitter.com/WaOsdAii3J
¡ª Dileep Kumar (@DileepKumar_44) October 8, 2018
Akhtar, also known as the 'Rawalpindi Express', made his Test debut against West Indies in 1997, playing his maiden ODI against Zimbabwe in 1998. He still holds the record of bowling the fastest delivery ever in the history of the game, clocking 161.3 KMPH with a delivery against England in a 2003 ICC World Cup match.
The right-arm pacer took 178 wickets in Test Cricket, with best figures of 6/11. He also has 247 wickets to his name in ODIs. He also featured in 15 T20I matches for Pakistan in which he claimed 19 wickets.
